The announced meeting between Philip Holzer, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Eintracht Frankfurt, and Axel Hellmann, Spokesman of the Management Board, ended in Naples without any concrete result. Which does not have to be a bad result in the sense of harmony.

Peter Hess

Sports editor.

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According to a press release, the two had an "intensive, critical, but very constructive conversation before the Champions League match against SSC Napoli, in which it was about the understanding of roles and the classification of certain issues, in particular the capital measure."

The background is Holzer's offensive interpretation of his task as chairman of the supervisory board and his simultaneous activity as an investor, as the F.A.Z. reported in recent days.

In the conversation, the different positions and interests were exchanged, whereby Holzer can understand "that individual points could be misinterpreted," the press release continues. Holzer and Hellmann have agreed to let the talks take effect and to continue them.

Nothing was announced about Hellmann's future, whether he will fulfill his contract as CEO until July 1 or whether he will move to the German Football League (DFL) as managing director on July 1, 2023.